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Chordates
Phylum CHORDATA
Reptiles
Class REPTILIA
Alligators, Crocodiles, Caimans
FAMILIES: Alligatoridae, Crocodylidae
Horned Lizards, Iguanas, Monitor Lizards, Skinks, Side-Blotched Lizardsm, Spiny Lizards, Whiptails
FAMILIES: Iguanidae, Scincidae, Phrynosomatidae, Teiidae, Varanidae
Coachwhips, Garter Snakes, Gopher Snakes, Rat Snakes, Rattlesnakes
FAMILIES: Colubridae, Viperidae
Box Turtles, Pond Turtles, Snapping Turtles, Softshell Turtles, Tortoises
FAMILIES: Chelydridae, Emydidae, Testudinidae, Trionychidae
Crocodillians
Order CROCODYLIA
Alligators/Caimans
Family ALLIGATORIDAE
American Alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO (SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES)
Lizards/Snakes
Order SQUAMATA
Common Name:
Iguanas
Monitor Lizards
Skinks
Spiny/Short-Horned Lizards
Whiptails
Common Name:
Colubrid Snakes
Vipers
Family:
Colubridae
Viperidae
Lizards
Suborder SAURIA
Iguanas
Family IGUANIDAE
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Cyclura lewisi
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO (GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND)
Monitor Lizards
Family VARANIDAE
Komodo Dragon
Varanus komodosis
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO (INDONESIA)
Skinks
Family SCINCIDAE
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus
Spiny/Short-Horned Lizards
Family PHRYNOSOMATIDAE
Roundtail Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma modestum
Greater Short-horned Lizard
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Eastern Side-Botched Lizard
Uta stansburiana
Plateau Fence Lizard
Sceloporus tristichus
Southwestern Fence Lizard
Sceloporus cowlesi
Whiptails
Family TEIIDAE
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail
Aspidoscelis exsanguis
Common Checkered Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tesselatus
Desert Grassland Whiptail
Aspidoscelis uniparens
New Mexico Whiptail
Aspidoscelis neomexicanus
Snakes
Suborder SERPENTES
Colubrid Snakes
Family COLUBRIDAE
Coachwhip
Masticophis flagellum
Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis
Gopher Snake
Pituophis catenifer
Great Plains Rat Snake
Pantherophis emoryi
Vipers
Family VIPERIDAE
Western Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
Crotalus molossus
ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK ZOO (SW UNITED STATES, MEXICO)
Turtles/Tortoises
Order TESTUDINES
Common Name:
Painted Turtles
Pond Sliders
Red-Eared Sliders
Genus species:
Chrysemys picta
Trachemys spp.
Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans
Common Name:
Common Snapping Turtle
Genus species:
Chelydra serpentina
Common Name:
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Genus species:
Apalone spinifera
Common Name:
Tortoises
Family:
Testudinidae
Pond/Box Turtles
Family EMYDIDAE
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO DUCK POND
Red-Eared Slider
Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans
Snapping Turtles
Family CHELYDRIDAE
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Softshell Turtles
Family TRIONYCHIDAE
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Chelydra serpentina
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